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SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer Another international fast-food chain is currently eyeing a location on East Main Street in Boger City. Lincolnton Zoning Administrator Mark Carpenter told the Times-News Wednesday that he had spoken with representatives of McDonald’s regarding property located near the intersection of Salem Church Road and Main Street.…

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SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer A piece of historical property will likely have a greater chance for restoration following its purchase by one Lincoln County resident. As the Times-News previously reported, the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners was weighing the $44,000 purchase of two parcels of land adjacent to the Ramsour’s…

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SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer “From a bad thing, hopefully we can make it a good thing,” said Thomas Bolen, owner of a new business located where the murder of Charles Daniel Mullinax took place almost two years ago. Bolen opened Ruby’s Discount Store three months ago at 2083 W. N.C.…

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AMANDA SEBASTIANO Staff Writer Students in Brian McSwain’s drama class at East Lincoln High School use words like light-hearted, family fun and a little bit of everything to describe their last performance of the school year — Children’s Letters to God. The group will be singing, dancing and acting out…

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Mayor calls move bad idea, city manager says city is mostly reimbursed for position; council also leans toward airport pullout SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer A school resource officer will not be on Lincolnton’s list of budgeted positions for the next fiscal year following a split vote by the Lincolnton City…

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Dollar General looking at new Main Street store SARAH LOWERY Staff Writer One retail chain is one step closer to bringing a store to Lincolnton, while another may be taking a step back. Following the Lincolnton Planning Board’s meeting Tuesday afternoon, Zoning Administrator Mark Carpenter gave an update on the…

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JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer The Lincoln County community is invited to watch history unfold and ghost stories come to life this weekend in and around Lincolnton High School, on the ground where one a significant but not well-known battle of the American Revolution once occurred. Since the 1990s, historical re-enactors…

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JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer “Hunger is worse right now in Lincoln County than I’ve ever seen it in 26 years,” Susan Brymer, Christian Ministry’s executive director, told the Times-News Tuesday. She hopes the nonprofit group’s annual soup kitchen fundraiser on Thursday will draw in additional money for the community’s hungry…

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JENNA-LEY HARRISON Staff Writer The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate a string of outbuilding break-ins that they said materialized on Mother’s Day at three Vale residences. Deputies said culprits targeted two storage units sometime after 3 a.m. Sunday at neighboring homes on N.C. 274 and one on…